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verb

Definition of give backnext
as in to render (to)

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giveback

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noun

as in discount

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Recent Examples of give back
Verb
Community members love the story, the scholarship opportunities and the potential to teach students to give back generously. — Jennie Key, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2026 Pervasive, too, is the desire to give back, as evidenced by the fact that total donations to Reach Out WorldWide have currently topped $1 million. — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026
Noun
But Democrats note Senate Republicans never released that giveback proposal in the context of a full budget. — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026 And just as its giveback has expanded beyond Colorado, so too has the reach of its membership. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 11 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for give back
Recent Examples of Synonyms for give back
  1. reciprocate
  2. discount
  3. rebate
  4. reduction
  5. kickback
  6. deduction
  7. abatement
Verb
  • But instead of reciprocating, Ebersol looked suddenly annoyed.
    — Blake J. Harris, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Miami’s defense had some timely stops throughout the game, yet the offense was unable to reciprocate.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026
Definition of reciprocate
Noun
  • Medicare patients should not pay coinsurance as though the discount did not exist.
    — Casey B. Mulligan, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Stewart, 85, said on MasterClass’s Other People’s Business podcast that her licensing partnership with the discount chain once brought in as much as $65 million a year in royalties.
    — Fernanda Tronco, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of discount
Noun
  • The bill also proposes reducing by half the tax rebate applied to platforms such as YouTube and TikTok which have benefited from a 66% allowance on advertising revenues since 2016.
    — Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The county proposed raising the rebate by $1 per year over the next five years.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of rebate
Noun
  • Hinson said the bill’s reductions to Medicaid spending for Iowa will be offset by the Rural Health Transformation Program, which allots $50 billion divided among all 50 states over the next five years.
    — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Higher borrowing costs will eventually force a reduction in credit and spending, weighing on economic activity and potentially spilling over into equity markets, Dalio said.
    — Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of reduction
Noun
  • The country must therefore eliminate schemes, such as a kickback scheme at the state nuclear operator exposed in November 2025, that are unrelated to defense spending but capable of triggering major corruption scandals.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Davenport the authorized the school to pay the invoices and in return would receive a kickback, according to the news release.
    — Christian Cervantes, AZCentral.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of kickback
Noun
  • By donating appreciated stock, a client could avoid a significant capital gains tax liability while also getting a substantial charitable deduction.
    — Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Though Holmes remembers nothing, flashes of his razor-sharp skills of deduction begin to show.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of deduction
Noun
  • Coffman said the jurisdictional boundary matters because Aurora and Denver have different policies for abatements.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Minhee told me that public-reporting requirements vary state to state on the eighty-five per cent of the settlement that must be spent on opioid abatement.
    — Oliver Whang, New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of abatement

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“Give back.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/give%20back. Accessed 14 Oct. 2026.

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